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THE OMAHA DAILY I > AY , JANUARY 3 , 1890.
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Dnlly lire nml Sunday , One Year . ,1000
nix Months . > . > . > SO ]
Three Months. . . , . , , . 2 SO
Hundny life. One Ycnr . . . 200
HMunlnr nt , On * Yrnr . . . 1 60
\ Vklr Dee , One Vt-nr . . . C3
OFFICES 1
OmnliA. The lied IlulMlnR.
Bouth Omnlm. Blnccr lllk. , Corner N nnj 21th 81s.
Council muffs , 12 rcarl Btiwt.
CJilcdRn Olllrc , Z17 Chamber of Cntnm rr .
New York. Itoom * 13 , It nml IS. Trlliunc llullillne.
Wnnhlngton , 1107 r StrrH , N. W ,
All communlcntlftnn idntln < r to news nnd oil-
torlnl matter Mioulil IKS n'Mminlt To the Editor.
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All liiinln'fi Utter * nml rc-mlltanccii KlintiM IK ?
mlilrrnncil to The lli > c I'lilillfhlnR Company ,
Omalm. Drnrlfl , chock * nml post ' "Ice orders lo
bo mmlc pit a Me to HIP enl * > r n1 the cnmpnnv.
THI : linn PUHMSIIINO COMPANY.
STATKMnN'T OF CIUCUI.ATION.
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. comimny. Ix-lnR iliily fwotn , nyn that thp
nctn.ll number of full nml roniileie | coiilci of the
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durlnit the month of November , IStt. WHS as fol
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copies , 9,32'
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llnlly avcrnRi > 10 201
onoiinn n. TZSCHUCK.
Bworn to before me nml mibici Ibnl ( n my
presence tills 2J day of December , 1"5. > .
( Heal. ) N. 1' . ] 'iiL : , NMnry Public.
And ( lie lown k < KlHliuurn will soon be
wJlli us.
It will tnkn n in-ntrnciod SOKO ! of cold
wc.itliLT to bring tlio avi'ttiRe tciniK'ra-
turo I'or tlio winter down Roinuwbrrc In
the vicinity of tlio normal point.
It lookH as If Maryland and Xuw York
were the only states on President Cleve
land's map when lie cast about him for
the mime * of men suitable for appoint
ment on the Venezuela boundary coin-
mission.
Another Installment of I'aelllc rail
road bonds becomes due this month and
will have lo bo paid by the federal gov
ernment If paid at all. In the mean
while congress Is complacently lottlii } , '
the I'acillc railroad debt take care of
Itself.
When the Hoard of Kducatlon quits
politics and tfots down to business It
may possibly discover considerable
money has been diverted from the
school fund to the general fund of the
city. Bilt when will the Board of
Education quit politics ?
In two recent cases wherein parties
were mangled and killed by the cars
coroners' Juries have returned verdicts
M'lilch In different degrees Involved the
railroad companies. This will never do.
Somebody has been sleeping at his post
nml will not receive the usual annual
pass for 1800.
The action of Attorney General
Churchill and Laud Commissioner Itus-
Bcll In keeping the applicants for the
succession to Broatch on the police
commission In trembling expectation
one moment longer than necessary Is a
species of cruelty which the olllce seeker
ought to resent.
There Is nothing to bo lost by giving
publicity to the actual condition of the
finances of state , county , city , school
district and every governmental divi
sion. The people of Nebraska are en
titled to know exactly how the state
stands lluanclally and what burdens
they are likely to be called upon to meet
In the way of taxation In order to make
up recent losses sustained by the treas
ury.
Governor Bradley Is the latest to climb
onto the band wagon bearing the
rapidly Increasing company of presi
dential aspirants. Only a few months
ago Mr. Bradloy's admirers were satis-
fled to connect his name with the vice
presidential nomination. The new move
Is doubtless prompted by the Idea that
If they aim high they will have better
chances of bitting at least ono of the
marks.
How will Bending Justice Brewer
away on the Venezuelan boundary com
mission afflict the hearing by the su
preme court of the appeal In the Ne
braska maximum freight rate cases ?
Justlco Brewer has written the opinions
of the court In most of the railway rate
cases decided by It In recent years and
would If present at the hearing no doubt
liavo considerable InUuence In shaping
the outcome of this one.
Minnesota and states along tlio north
ern bortk'r are making extraordinary ef
forts to Induce Immigration. The samu
Is true of states to the south of us. Ne
braska and Wyoming seem In latu years
to luive. abandoned the effort. The Ne
braska club Just formed In this city
.with u membership extending throughout -
out the state has a herculean task ahead
of It. The truth must bo told about Ne
braska to counteract the false stories
told by southern laud boomers. The
railroads are vitally interested In this
new movement. Their stereotyped
methods of Inducing Immigration are
no longer effective.
Dr , Parkhurst told Chicago that cor
ruption In Its city government was due
to the rich men ami corporatlona who
want thulr abject tools elected as
ngulnst honest , Independent men.
In Omaha hist fall the cltl-
ecus' councllmanlc ticket named
men of the latter class. The cor
porations turned them down and
elected their men Instead , Corporation
managers have already organized the
now council. Taxpayers , little and big ,
Jiavo become alarmed. They called a
. town meeting , which Benjamin Harri
son recently said Is the only effective
means of compelling public olllclals to
do tholr duty , and determined to pro
tect their property rights. It Is the
only thing left to bo done , but It Is a
most striking vindication of Tie | Bee's
course In the recent local campaign that
to date been tuudo manifest.
1'iiK Mot'.vniir COMMISSION.
The commission appointed by 1'rcsl
dent Cleveland to Investigate and re
port upon the true divisional line be
tween tlio republic of A'euezncla and
Irltlsli ! fiiilnnn , whllo several of Its
member * are not of national repute , Is
composed of men of such learning and
character as must command respect for
the concbiHlon which the commission
shall reach. The appointment of men
not actively engaged In politics was
wise and It Is safe to say that not a
single member of the commission will
bo Influenced In the slightest degree by
party alllllatlon , They are men who
will duly appreciate the fact that what
they report may have momentous con
sequences and they will therefore ad
dress themselves to the task with a
high purpose to bo absolutely Just.
Three nations are most profoundly In-
rosled In the result of the commis
sion's Investigation , not because It will
nettle the dispute between Great Brit
ain and Venezuela , but for the reason
that It will supply our own government
with the Information which will enable
It to proceed on defensible grounds.
It should be understood that the sim
ple function of this commission Is to
furnish this government information.
It Is to Investigate the claims of Great
Britain and the claims of Venezuela
mil report to our government where lies
the true divisional line between Ven
ezuela and British Gulatia. It has no
tutliorlty or power beyond this , but the
conclusion it shall reach will undoubt
edly shape the future course of our
government. Should the commission
llntl that , the claims of Great Britain
are well founded the United States
would bo bound to accept this finding
and to withdraw Its support from Ven
ezuela , but on the other hand If It
should find that Great Britain is claim
ing territory to which she has no just
right there can be no doubt that our
government would firmly support Ven
ezuela , whatever the consequences.
What action , If any , the British gov
ernment will take In regard to the com
mission remains to be 'si-en. When its
creation was first suggested the im
pression obtained that Lord Salisbury
would protest against what appeared
like a very arbitrary proceeding on the
part of the United States , but it Is now
said that the commission Is viewed with
favor In British olllclal quarters and
( hat there may be some Indirect par
ticipation in Its work on the part of the
British foreign olllce. We think this
Improbable , though If Lord Salisbury
sincerely believes the British claims to
bo just there Is no reason why he should
not aid the commission in making its
investigation. Such action would bean
Indication of confidence in the British
case nml It would have an excellent
effect upon the public mind of both
countries. AVhile recognition of the
commission by the British government
would perhaps facilitate Its work , It is
not necessary to the Investigation. All
the Information required Is easily ac
cessible and It Is not absolutely neces
sary that the commission shall leave
the United States , though It may de
cide to go to Venezuela. It Is presumed
that it will send experts to The Hague
and to Madrid to obtain copies of pa
pers ami documents referred to by Sal
isbury in Ills dispatches to our govern
ment and on which the Kngllsh case
apparently rests. Those papers will be
necessary for the information of the
commission and there will be no dllll-
culty in getting them. The work of the
commission is not limited as to time ,
but It will doubtless be able to submit
a report within six months. The com
mission has a delicate and most Im
portant duty and there Is every reason
to believe It will be performed with ab
solute fairness and justice.
HOLDh\'O Ul'
The law creating the present police
commission makes the short term orig
inally held by W. , T. Broatch expire on
the JlOlh day of December , 1S)5. ! ) No
clause In that Jaw or any other law ex
tends his term one hour because his
successor has not been appointed. The
law creating the commission further
expressly directs the state appointing
board to appoint one commissioner each
year for the term of three years from
the date of expiration of the form of the
outgoing commissioner. The term of
Mr. Broatch expired Monday at mid
night and the appointing board should
under the law have selected his suc
cessor before that time. Not only this ,
but the new commissioner .should have
had Ids commission in time to have pre
sented his ofllclal bond for the approval
of the council and to have qualified for
his position In order to act on the first
day of his term.
It Is now announced by tlio Lincoln
Journal , which IH presumed to be the
state house organ , that no appointment
will bo made to fill the Broatcli va
cancy for another week. Tills Is de
cidedly suggestive. It confirms the cur
rent report that members of the ap
pointing board are holding up the
mayor-elect. It Indicates that a bargain
has been struck by which Broatch Is to
name his Miccessor n the police board
providing he ladles out the mayor's pat
ronage lu a manner satisfactory to the
Churchlll-Itusscl ! combination. It fur
thermore goes to show that the firm of
Churchill , Hussell & Co. proposes to
make the "Co. " cash their political
drafts before they honor his. In other
words , the members of this political
trust do not tiust each other. The
intention Is , Will Mayor-elect Broatch
submit to such a brazen holdup ?
VllK RMl'lllK ST.ITK l-'Ull MACK.
The republican governor .and the re
publican legislature of New York have
spuken In favor of maintaining the
peaceful relations between the United
.States and Great Britain. Governor
Morton cannot believe thtjt these re
lations will be ruptured or seriously
Impaired In consequence of the bound
ary dispute between Great Britain and
Venezuela , nor could he coneelvo that
at this period of the world's history
any great nation Is willing to take the
responsibility of the needless Kacrlllce
of , human life and the wanton de
struction of property which would be
the Inevitable result of an armed con
flict. The resolution adopted by tlie
legislature declares that every honor
able means should be resorted to to
avoid n rupture of the amicable rela
tions between Great Britain and the
Tufted States.
Those expressions from the governor
and legislature of the wealthiest and
most populous state lu the union have
a claim upon the serious attention of
the country and undoubtedly will exert
a wholesome and reassuring Influence ,
They voice the sentiment of the more
than 0,000,000 people of the Umpire
state , who are as Intelligent and as
patriotic as the people of any other
portion of the country and would be
found as ready to maintain the rights ,
honor and dignity of the nation. These
utterances are timely and will do much
to quiet apprehension abroad , as we'll
as to sober the spirit of Jingoism at
home , though this has ceased to be ag
gressive. It Is perfectly safe to say
that at this time a great majority of
the American people are lu hearty sym
pathy with the people of New York
In opposition to war.
MUST w :
The consensus of opinion among men
who are fully alive to the critical situa
tion which confronts Omaha and Omaha
taxpayers Is that radical measures must
be devised to prevent the city from
defaulting on the Interest and principal
of its municipal debt during the present
year. There would have been such a
default a 'month ago had not Treasurer
Diunont succeeded In securing from the
local banks an advance of over Jf.'iO.OOO
to meet maturing obligations , for which
there was no money In the sinking
fund.
The $20,000 a year which the present
council promised to cut oft after 11
passed out of olllce will not meet the
demand of the hour. In order to make
ends meet during the coming year
without throwing the city Into bank
ruptcy and precipitating a general ex
odus , a saving of at least ? 100,000 a
year must be effected lu the city ex
penditures , and an equal sum lu the
expenditures of the school board and
the Board of County Commissioners.
How this is to bo done is a matter of
detail. Those who declare It cannot be
done do not realize what economies
can be practiced If we arc simply
obliged to practice them. It should not
bo forgotten that the city pay roll in
1S05 was twice what it was in 1SS3 ,
when property values were fully as
high as they tire today and property
owners were In much better condition
to meet tholr taxes.
The time for organizing retrenchment
all along the line can no longer be de
ferred. Initial steps have already been
taken by the heaviest taxpayers of
Omaha , and the movement will be
given proper direction during the com
ing week by conferences with Incoming
city , school board and county officials.
It Is within their power and It will be
come their duty to give the people of
Omaha the relief that Is Imperatively
demanded. There will doubtless be
great pressure exerted from political
quarters to prevent the consolidation of.
ollices , " the abolition of sinecures and
the reduction of salaries to a scale that
will correspond.with those paid for sim
ilar service by private employers.
Wo are dealing with conditions that do
not admit of half-way measures.
Omaha must not allow Itself to be
forced Into a position of debt repudia
tion , or , what is equivalent to It , defaulting -
faulting on the Interest on Its bonded
indebtedness. We must cut our gar
ment according to our cloth. Expendi
tures must be brought within the limit
of assured revenues , and the burdens
of taxation adjusted to the ability of
the taxpayers to bear them without
going to the wall.
007,0 AT A PREMIUM.
Gold sold in New York yesterday at
1 to l'/t per cent premium , large trans
actions having taken place at the Inside
rate. There Is nothing in this to c'reate
apprehension , the explanation being
found in the anticipated demand for
ti large amount of gold to purchase an
other issue of government bonds. The
premium , therefore , is very much n
mutter of speculation and Is not to bo
regarded as Indicating that there Is
no longer real parity between gold and
our other forms of money. It Is to be
observed , however , that while the gold
premium is largely a matter of specu
lation the movement has been helped
by the attempt of Secretary Carlisle
to depreciate the credit of the govern
ment by his suggestion that coin bonds
might not bo paid In gold , notwith
standing the fact that they have been
so paid for the past twenty-five years.
It has always been the policy of the
republican party to pay the bonds of
the government In gold and It always
will be. The effect of this policy on
the public credit everybody knows and
It Is dlllicult to understand what mo
tive Secretary Carlisle can have In cast
ing doubt upon this national policy ,
especially at n time when It Is most nec
essary that everything bo done to main
tain the national credit. Such talk an
that given out by the secretary of the
treasury last week cannot fall to 1m
pair ( lie national credit abroad and to
Increase the feeling of distrust which
Is duo chiefly to the financial misman
agement of this democratic administra
tion. Surely there Is already enough
doubt of our credit among European
financiers , as the dispatches of the last
few days have attested , and It Is most
remarkable to find the head of the
financial department of the government
seeking to Intensify that doubt Sena
tor Teller 'was none too severe In his
denunciation of those men In public
life who attempt to depreciate the na
tion's credit.
Gold will undoubtedly continue to sell
at a premium until a new Issue of bonds
IH disposed of and In the event of the
treasury not being able to place bonds
abroad the premium may go higher
than It was yesterday. This would at
tract gold from Kurope , but It Is to be
apprehended tha't Its tendency would
bo to retard the sale of bonds. The
situation Is certainly embarrassing , but
as we have already said the fact that
gold is selling at a small premium need
not faun. . * any alarm or apprehension.
It emphasizes the necessity , ho\vever ,
for wise aucliiirompt action for main
taining the * tiliVlouai credit.
The announcement Is made by the
I'nlon l'actflo'5)oudliolders'
( ) reorganiza
tion commllJtfH that It 1ms secured the
deposit of .a . .majority of all the out
standing bonds of the I'nlon Paclllo
lines and Is ifr a position to push the
foreclosure nroe-cdlngs on the first ntn/t-
gage to anii-atly hearing. This means
that If the government does not act the
first mortgage bondholders will attempt
to do so. TTie'purpose of the committee
Is no doubt-to-brlug pressure to bear at
Washington In behalf of Its funding
scheme , for whose passage we may soon
expect to see the reorganization syndi
cate moving heaven and earth. In the
Interval the people residing In the states
traversed by the Pacific roads and most
vitally Interested lu the debt settlement
should lose no time to make themselves
heard on the subject.
In a long , secret confab last evening
Broateh endeavored to convince
Churchill that their respective Interests
are Identical In the matter of appoint
ing a member of the police commission.
Omaha has active candidates for gov
ernor , treasurer and attorney general.
The state convention will not give
Douglas county three nominees. If
Churchill Is to secure renomlnatlon II
will be because of precedent. But
Where will he be If the convention
should nominate n Douglas county
candidate for governor ? Of course
there would still be the possibility of
nomination for Congressman Mercer's
shoes , but n. bird In hand is worth two
in the bush.
Another Installment of the city's per
centage on the annual sales of gas by
the Omaha Gas company under Its
new franchise is almost due. The city
treasury will receive In the neighbor
hood of $ r > ,000 or ? G,000 In cash under
Its agreement , to say nothing of the
sums that have been saved to house *
holders by the reduced prices Imposed
In the gas franchise ordinance. The
concessions forced from the gas com
pany In the face of a council that had
surrendered unconditionally the rights
of the taxpayers constitute one of the
crowning achievements for which Mayor
Bemis' administration will forever claim
credit.
Treasurer Hartley lays great stress on
a computation'of per capita state debt
which apparently shows that there Is
now less state Indebtedness for every
person in the state than there was ten
years ago. But as this computation Is
based on altogether misleading as
sumption of population , no ono else will
rest very much'weight upon It.
Au Irrt'NimiiHlliIc 11 oily.
KitimuHj City Journal.
No party is In 1 majority In the United
States senate. ! ponssquently no party can
be held wholly responsible- the actions of
that body. Each party will bo responsible
only for the conduct of Its own members.
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IIi [ A i" II r. I ii K Itcncli.
Chicago Tribune. , .
WJien young * Mr. . Bryan of Nebraska
( lands : on his democratic free sllvei- leg arid
describes a circle with his nonpartlsan frso
silver leg he covers * a much wider expanse
or territory than his voice will reach over.
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Ileiliiooil to n Police Fnotlii ) ? .
is'ew York Mn.lt nnd Express.
Vice President Stevenson , who only n f3w
days ago threatened to go out all by him
self and wallop England for meddling with
our Alaska boundary line , has reduced him
self to a peace footing and Is now talking
for harmony \\lth all the zeal he possesses.
From a defiant American eagle Colonel
Stevenson was degenerated Into a small and
slender-throated cuckoo.
The SpniilNli IHllNloil.
Chicago Intel Ocean.
The Insurgents In Cuba have marched with
12,000 men over three-fourths of the Island
with 80,000 drilled troops all about them.
They went out for a specific purpose , accom
plished It in spite of the Spaniards , and with
drew. And yet from Spanish sources the
public Is Informed of a continued series of
victories of tha Spanish troops. The paople
of Havana are especially gushing over the
fact that General Campos saved them.
Doubtless ho did !
1'nJ-IHClit IH Another Story.
Philadelphia Ledger.
As our government has shown no disposi
tion to discriminate In favor of Turkey , ths
report that It has made a demand for a large
Indemnity for American missionary property
deitroyed by the mc-bs In Asia Minor follow
ing the present set In the affairs of China
Is probably correct , but It Is significant that
no demand for the punishment of the rioters
Is reported. The Turkish government Is
recognized as the real offender , and It alone
la looked to for reparation.
tin * ItuVL-niio.
GIobe-Dcmocmt.
It Is estimated that the Dlngloy bill would
yield about $40,000,000 revenue a year. This
Is slightly In excess of what the deficit will
probably be If the bill falls to be enacted.
As the bill Is not. .a republican measure , and
as It Is designed to < be only temporary In IU <
operation , It la Jiard to understand how the
democratic senators or the democratic presi
dent can , witb any sort of reason , oppose
It. There Is still ground for the hope that
If It passes the senate In Us present shape
It will bo signed.
Ah railed Colnx Arc Icnal Tender.
Springfield JtepuMlcnn.
The supreme court of the Unltd States has
decided that silver coins are legal tender
for their face value , no matter how much
defaced or abraded , fa long as they cm b :
recognized as coins. A man was put oft a
Jersey City strsot' crfr because ho offered a
badly abraded 10-ceiit piece to pay 1 Ll f ir ? ,
which the conductor _ refused. Ths passenger
sud for damageVr'aim the state court ; gava
him $315. The company took the case to
the United States fupruue court on a writ
of error , and that. , court has now alUrmed
the verdict of theitste courts.
AVIIKHi : TllliV SIIOIJl , ! ) GO.
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Singers to Alto ,
Makers to Cnkc
Jewelers to Gem , , lnd.
Smokers to Weod//Cal. /
The Sleepy ta-OiV , lo ,
The Idle to IluM ; Minn.
Deadheads to O/afys , O.
Toots to Parnassus. Pa.
I'rlntors to Ai/nte / , JColo.
Cranks to I'-tulUn Mo.
\ctors to Stac0lt | , Ark.
Perfumers to 'imjy , III.
Apiarists to Deevlllf Ind.
fiimill men to lilgger , Ind.
Hunkers to Deposit. N. Y.
Widowers to Widows , Ala.
Tramps to Qrubtcwn , I'a.
Ilroltera to Stockvlllo , Nev.
Hunters to Deer Trail , Colo.
Toung ladles to Hangs , Vu.
Hucksters to YellvllU , Ark.
Old maids to Antiquity , O.
Lovers to Spocuvlll ? , Mich.
The "boys" to Midway , S. 0.
Cobblers to Slice Heel , N. 0.
Theosophlits to Myttlc , Conn.
Politicians to nuncombe. N. U.
Topers to Brandy Station , Va.
1'hyslclans to Doctortown , On.
Puzzle fiends to HlddUvlllo , da.
Drummers to Modest Town , Va.
Prohibitionists to Drystown , Cal.
Druggists to llalsam Lake , WIs.
The gum brigade to Chewtgwii , Pa.
Now married couples to Dllss. Mich.
Political orators to StumptoVn , Pa.
Three-card-inonto men to Trtckum , Ky.
M8W YOntC AFIIAII ) OP A WAIt.
Clinnilirr of ronunrreo lunncn nn Ail"
Iron * to thp Conntrj- .
NEW YORK , Jan. 2. At the meeting of
the Chamber of Comment today the com
mittee on foreign commerce and. the revenue
laws , consisting of Francis II. Thurbcr , Gus
lar H. Schwnb , Stephen W. Carey anil William
II. Robertson , reported the following resolu
tion :
Hctolveil , Tim I the Chnmbir of Commerce
or the stnte of New York , being profoundly
Impressed with the gravity of the slttmtlon
which threatens the pence , now nml happily
existing between Clrcnt Hrltnln nml the
United Slates , nppcnls to the common sense
nnd the common IntercMs of tho. people of
both countries to nvert the calamity of wnr
liy n reiorl to arbitration or other friendly
negotlnllon , which 1ms so often been found
lo bo a sulllclenl nnd sntlnfactory mode of
fettling International disputes , nml In which
liolh governments slnnil commuted by pro
fession , precedent nml Iho luimnnltarlan
spirit of the nge.
Accompanying the resolution was nn ad
dress In the same tenor as the resolution ,
and' "which cited many of the Instances In
which controversies between ths United
States and foreign nations had been settled
by arbitration ,
Carl Schurz spoke In favor of the resolu
tion and submitted a proposition for the
appointment of a board of Inijulry or advisory
council , to bo composed of nun of Interna
tional reno n , which was accepted as nn ad
dition to the original resolution. Charles
Stewart Smith read from the reports of Sec
retary of War Lament and General Miles to
show that we an < not. In a position to resist
the opposition of n great navy llko that of
Great Hrllnln.
After several others liml spoken the reso
lution and accompanying addresses were
adopted with but six dissenting votes.
TOM PIATT IS KOR MOUTOX
iiyn New Yitrk'N Oovemor l n Cun-
illilntc for PreNlilt'iit.
NRW YORK , Jan. 2. The Commercial
Advertiser today quotes cx-Unltcd Statw
Senator Platt as saying : "Governor Morton
lu a candidate for the presidency. I can
state B3 on authority. The governor will
liavo the unltc-d support of the delegation
from this state. Objection to him has been
made on account of his age , but ono who
haa administered the affnlra of a great state
llko New York so satisfactorily and thoroughly
Is not an old man. Governor Morton Is
full of vlg r and I feel confident lie can un
dertake , If ctionon , the task of administering
the affairs of the nation as well as he has
ilono In the state. "
"Who will manage Governor Morton's can
vass 2"
"That has not been decided. I suppose by
a comm'.ttoo of the whole. "
Mr. Platt would not go Into further details.
He .was not authorized , he said , to speak for
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania. He had not
heard any ono mentioned for second , place
with Morton. Ho did not believe Allison
would take second place. As to second choice
for president , ho had none. It was Morton
first , la.st and always.
( JHCRNHAI.CH OCITIKHNSIIIP. .
for tin * Improvement of
ICxlMttiif ; Condition * .
BOSTON , Jan. 2. Governor P. T. Green-
halgo's address was laid before the houses
of the Massachusetts legislature today : For
the nwst part It treats of state matters , but
toward Its close It contains the following on
citizenship and suffrage :
There are various suggestions as to the
mode of Improving the quality of citizen
ship , among them the following :
1. Greater care should be exercised In
the administration of naturalization laws
so far as our state courts are concerned.
2. A probationary period of residence
after naturalization might be prescribed by
rnnetltntlnnnl nmnmlment.
3. While there may be a division of
opinion as to disfranchising for felony , ns
Is done In some states , It seems clear that
persons undergoing sentence In penal In
stitutions should not be permitted to vote.
The decisive vote op woman suffrage at
the' recent state election would seem to
show that public opinion will "not for some
time be prepared to accept any radical
change In the established system of suf
frage.
The public mind appears to bo .growing
hiore 'and more In favor of biennial elec
tions , nnd there Is no good reason why
the question should not be submitted to the
people.
MAYOR 1MNGREI3 SHOWS HIS IIAXIJ.
r to Scciiro More
from Street IlnllivnyM.
DETROIT , Jan. 2. Mayor Plngreo today
showed his hand In a new plan to require the
Citizens' Street Railway company to grant
universal transfers on elglit-for-a-quarter
tickets. The mayor had petitioned the cir
cuit court a week ago to compel the com
pany to resume sale of the slx-for-a-quarter
tickets , with transfer privileges , which Ihe
company voluntarily sold last summer , but
which wore discontinued because the city gov
ernment had refused to grant extensions of
franchises and other favors to the company.
Today this petition was amended so as to re
quire the Citizens' company to furnish trans
fers with the oght-for-a-quarter ! tickets ,
which latter are being sold by the company
aa a test of a new ordinance. The mayor
hopes , through the courts , to 'forw the com
pany Into granting what would be uncertain
of accomplishment by moans of an ordinance
to the same effect.
MONTANA'S WKALTII Of MINERAL.
Production for the Year JiiNt Closed
Amounts to MlllIoiiH.
HELENA , Mont. , Jan. 2. Montana pro
duced In metals about $17,115,000 during the
year 1E95 just ended , taking the value of
th ? sliver at the coinage rate and estimating
the last two months of the year on a pro
rata baslo. The olllclal report of the assayer
fcr this office will not b : ready until some
tlmo In March , but It Is believed that the
figures given will not vary more than a few
thousand frcm the r al amount.
The production of gold will bo1,100,000 , of
silver 4,500,000 ounces , of copper 212,000
pounds , and of lead 24,500,000 pounds. The
output of copper Is estimated as being C5 per
cent of the production of the United States.
The receipts of bullion at th ? Helena assay
olllco during 1895 were 10 per cent greater
than last year and 41 % per cent greater than
during 1893.
Governor Morrlll Han Had
TOPEKA , Jan , 2. The most Interesting
pleco of political gossip today conies from a
prominent Kansas republican , who makes the
utatement to a reporter that Governor Morrtll
will not bo a candidate for renomlnatlon and
will make an olllclal announcement of this
determination before the first state conven
tion Is held , The rcat < on la said to be that
the governor's health has never bcn so i > xir
an sines ho went Into the cxecutlvo ollice ,
and that lie fcarn that ho would dlo In office
if ho should hold a second term. Another
r:33on Is mid to bo that many of the gov-
ornor'o politic : ! friends are leaving him and
that he would rather decline * than risk a de
feat. _
PltlHldirK No\v Ileliuv "Lexoiveil. "
PITTSI1URG , Jan. 2. The legislative com-
mltUe appointed to Investigate municipal af
fairs arrived In Plttsburg from Philadelphia
this morning and will begin the "Lsxowlng"
of this city at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The
Invejtlgatlon will start with the Department
of Public Woiks and will be followed by an
examination of the affairs of the mayor's
cilice , Dcpartnunt of Public Safety , Ilureau
of Polios and other departments. Senator
Grady , a member of the committee , nays It lu
the Intention to vlalt Now York , Chicago and
olher large cities to compare the management
of municipal affalra In thoM places with
Phlladtlphla ,
Another Story of a Wlfe'H Downfall.
NEW YORK , Jan. 2. The Journal today
says ; Edward Halcnbach'u motives for callIng -
Ing at William T. Robinson's homo on Mon
day morning before dawn , arousing him
from sleep and trying to kill htm , have been
dlBcovired. The Incidents that preceded the
attack are a dark story of a wlfo's down
fall , her confession to her husband , hlu pur
pose to kill Robinson , to kill his wife and
then himself ,
_ _ _ _ _ _
llrever Will Enter Knnunx I'olltlex.
TOPEKA , Jan. 2. It Is political gossip
In KonKis that the Drawers National associa
tion which will meet In Chicago January 17
will arrange- for a resubinlveton campaign In
KaratL It Is understood that plans have
been made for the brewers to put money
Into the coming staU campaign. In the In
terest of renubmleslon.
OOIill ATTIIR IIOTTOM.
The Trnnnvnnl llnld nnd the Mineral
Involved.
The merry row kicked up In the Dutch
republic of southeastern Africa by Iho In
vaders from n neighboring llrltlih province
ID not caused by a boundary dispute , but con-
tulns the Inciting force conspicuous In Ilrltlsh
boundary claims. The siippeclol Alaskan
grab , It Is freely charged , hug Us basis In
n desire to nba > rb the Yukon gold nil DM.
In Venezuela the yellow metal Is the chief
magnet. So with the Transvaal , The enor
mously rich mines of tint country , though
largely owned by KngllDlunen , are subject to
"alien" legislation nnd the miners nr ? obliged
to contribute to the support of a government
ether than the Ilrltlsh.
The Transvaal Is enormously rich In gold
and other metals , nnd the lloers , who settled
It , are determined to hold It against their
traditional enemloj , the Ilrltlsh , who covet It.
The Ilrltlsh nro numerous nnd Influential
In the country , ntid claim that they are be
ing discriminated against by the lloer gov-
cinmcni.
Th ? lloers contcnil that they have every
Uwful title lo the land , whllo the Urltlsli
prolest that they have contributed to much
to Itu iproipcrlt ) thai they should share Its
political privileges.
An eminent ICnglloh writer asserted lately
that "the land belonged to Great Ilrltaln
until a radical government , \\lth sent'oleM
hat'to and reckless pusillanimity , g.ive 11 over
Into tha hands of Us rresont owners. "
H Is the general view of forrlgncrs who
have scltleU In that country , and of visitors
who have written ct It , that Great Urltoln
han no tennblo claim upon any part of the
Transvaal. The Dutch were , unquestionably ,
Iho first whllo men lo pcnclrnto lo that part
of Africa , and when they willed thcro Ihc
land \vn.3 n bleak , nnallractlvo tract , that gave
no promise of the limitless wealth beneath
tha soil.
lu behalf of the lloers , It Is urged that
not only the 1'tanyvanl , but Cape colony b-
longa to them , rather than to the Hrltlsh.
The Iloers emigrated from Holland In the
StVintscnth cnru y , and set led In Cnpo Town ,
whcro they engaged In peaceful agricultural
pursuit ! ! , and remained for more than a hun
dred years In undisturbed occupation. In
the early part of the pressnt century , their
first great troubVo presented Itself , in Ihc
t'hapo ' of a large Engll.'h cmlgr.illon. Little
by lltllo tlio Dutchmen were crowded out
of Capo Town , and moving to the north , they
left the Britons In possession of their former
The evicted He-ers camped for a tlmo at
the place where Klmberly , the great diamond
center , now stands , and In Dechuaiialnnd ,
too , but the Hrltlsh moved gradually after
them. Crossing the Vaal river , the lloers
made their new home In the then unexplored
region which later came to bo styled the
Transvaal. There they resumed the life that
had been Interrupted at Cape Town , and
established tha " 55utd Afrikander Republlk"
( South African Republic ) .
Beyond the confines of Transvaal ithere
ii not spot left to the Boer to which he
may fly on still another "trek , " or national
migration. He Is hemmud In on the north
by Mntabeleland and Mashonaland , which
passed from King Lobengula Into tlio possey-
olon of the British East African company.
On the cast are Zululand and Natal , where
ths British empire holds suzerainty. To tha
southeast lies the Orange Free State , separate
and Independent. To the south Is Cape
Colony , the Great British possession , and
on the west la Basutoland , whore Ihe native
Kaffirs acknowledge allegiance to the British
criw. ' .
About two-thirds of the population are
British subjects , and In using the term alien
or "ultlahdcr , " Britisher Is usually meant.
They Inhabit only the towns and mining
centers. The great Industry of the country-
gold mining Is entirely In their hands , as
Indeed Is the trade of the whole republic.
The revenue of the state Is almost wholly
derived from the taxation Imposed upon
them.
In spite of their numbers , their wealth and
their social Importance , these "ultlonders"
are steadily debarred by the Boer minority
from the exercise of political rights. Under
the most recent legislation of the Volksraad
no alien can become a citizen If he lives In
the republic to the end of time. Ho Is , In
deed , Invited to become naturalized , but If
he does , he merely forswears his own coun
try and Us protection ; nothing 'Is to bo had
In return , and ho only makes himself an
outlaw.
Some English newspapers assert that Great
Britain has no desire to molest the Boors ,
but that the question at Issue Is the desire
of resident Englishmen to secure certain con
cessions under President Krueger's republic.
Such concessions have been granted now and
then , but the Boers declared that English
men are never contented until they secure a
monopoly In all the different classes of In
dustry and commerce.
The quantity of gold mined In the Rand
( the local name for the Wltwatersrand gold
reefs ) long since exceeded the best records
of California , Australia or any other of .tlio
great gold sections. During 1893 alone the
shipment of gold amounted to $27,500,000 ,
and the Rand reefs are said to yield now over
25 per cent of the total gold supply of Iho
country.
From 1887 until the first of this year 10-
110,000 tons of ore have been extracted , yieldIng -
Ing C,544,584 ounces of gold , worth about
$17.50 an ounce , anil having a gross value of
$110,000,000. The dividends paid during the
same period amount In round figures to $23-
000,000 , or 20 per cent of the output. Last
year thcro were milled 2,827,035 tons , yield
ing 2.024.102 ounces of cold , worth $35.000.-
000. The dividends declared for the year
amounted to $7,050,000 , or 20 per cent of the
output. '
The value of the output of the fifty pro
ducing mines on the 1st of last January was
$100,000,000.
The output per year In ounces slnco gold
was discovered In the Transvaal Is as 'fol
lows : 1887. 28.751 ; 1888 , 240.2CC ; 1889 , 3CO-
023 ; 1890. 479,302 ; 1891. 727,912 ; IS92. 1,150.-
519 ; 1893 , 1,381,128 ; 1891 , 1,837,773 ; 1893 ,
about 2,000,000.
This means that the Increase In the world's
output Is duo to the extent of 56 per cent to
these mines.
President Krueger , now serving his third
term as chief magUtralo of Ihc republic , has
Indomitable- force and rare Intelligence. His
popularity amounts almost lo fanatical en
thusiasm. Among the Boers ho Is known as
"Oom Paul , " nnd Is styled their patron saint ,
which honor he shares with George Wash
ington , for whom those South African repub
licans manifest sentiments of reverence.
They are as fervent admirers of the United
States as they are bitter enemies of Eng
land.
1'EUSO.VAIi AMI OTHERWISE.
The scene shifts from Venezuela to Bosr-
( lorn.
lorn.That
That undiscovered tropical region said to bs
pjvet ! with good Intentions Is about ready
to harvest the annual crcp.
Ono of the advertised advantages calculated
to popularize a trcllcy route In St. Louis Is
Hut "tho line passei a number of cemeto ie . "
Should the location of the Cuban Insur
gents liecomo a grava matter of doubt , the
country will hear another speech from Gen
eral Campos.
A Knoxvllle , Tonn. , firm has- received an
order for 00,000 pounds of dried apples for
the German army. Kmperor William knows
liow to make heroes.
The Order of the Society of Cincinnati
In Philadelphia has decided to place the long-
delayed Washington monument at the Green
t-treet entrance to Falrmoiint park.
Tlio adoption of a $1,000 license law In
Philadelphia In 1S88 reduced the number nf
saloons In that city from 5,773 to 1,313. Till *
year the licenses granted reach 1.C70 , yielding
an Income to the city of $1,670,000 ,
Mayor Curtis of Boston made a senallilo
observation when he declared1 at a recent
dinner that "the failures In Amrlcan poli
tics are due not EO much to the perverseness
of the Ignorant as tb the sloth among tlio
educated , "
Dr. Paul Glbler , who Is at the head of the
Pasteur Institute In New York , contemplates
forming an Invalid's community near Tuxedo
park , Philadelphia , which will embody slmo
of hli ) advanced Ideas In sociology , as well
as In experimental and preventive medicine.
The memory of M. Pasteur will not dlo In
France. A number of cities , Including his
native place , Dole , have already decided
to erect monument ) bearing his name , and
now It Is announced that Paris will also
honor the great sclentlit In the- same ; man
ner.
ner.Tho
The belli and tbo tin horn were greeting
Iho New Year with a Hot of sound , For
ihci moment the inuslo of the merry dance
was overwhelmed by the outer racket , A
young man ruahed in to claim lift ) partner
fur the mlnuoU "A. clorloiu beginning of
' 00 , " ho oxclnlmcJ. "Tho very lr Is p n
gent with hnpplncin nnd good che-ef. " "I
have no doubt of It , " she answered , quietly ,
"I got a hint of It In your breath. "
A firm of publishers 1ms offered Snrnh
nernlmrdt $200.000 lor her nutobtcgrnphy.
This Irnls by $76.000 the cheek which Messrs.
1/otiKtnnns pild Mnrnulay "for ono edition ol
A book , " ns Macaulny expressed It. the book
being his history.
A large fund Is being cMIcctcd In New York
to secure- the democratic naltotml convention
for that city. Of course , money Is useful
In lln way , nnd talks plca-nntly at nil times ,
bul what Now York needs lo set off Its ad
vanlagea In royal slylo Is a letter of com-
niMiJntlon frcm the prince of Wales.
A New Yorker , who wns obliged to pay
alimony to his divorced wife , stopped payment
on learning of her marriage. But his Joy was1
shortlived. A Iccal court threatened to flno
him for contempt for failure to fork over
promptly. The feelings of a man forced to
contribute to the support of another man's
\\lfo are too sacred for moralizing lessons ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Gladstone hnvo reached
Biarritz In good health and spirits. They
will remain thcro for a tlmo nnd then go
to ( Jannef. Mr. Gladstone's SCIh birthday
has called forth kindly expressions from his
former political and Journalistic opponents.
Gladstone never had so many friends as ho
has at preseut.
Some Iwenty years ago Uncle Sam filed *
claim for $16,000 with the Turkish govern
ment , and received a low-broweJ' promise 11
to pay. The promUio remains unfulfilled. A _
few more claims h.i\p been sent fitter the
first , but until nn armored bill collector Is tout
along , thy will rest peacefully In eome , .
Ylldlz pigeon hole.
There Is n painful lack of harmony among
prospective poet laureates of England. Mor-
ils upbraids the United Stales for "staying
the hand" which , In his poollc vlelon , was
about to smite tliu murderous Turk. This
bit of Imagery deserves a place In theIntor -
nallonal code of humor. Now comes Watson
with n. roast of "Craven EnglanJ , " exclaim
ing : "Nevermore "prate " thou of generous
efforts , rlshtcomi nltn , betrayer of the people ,
know thy shame ! "
In 1S63 Truman Smith , who had repre
sented Connecticut In Iho United Slates
senate , and been the associate of Clay , Web
ster , Sewnrd nnd Chase , bscaine the father of
twin boys. The old man he wns nearly 70
named the babies Abraham Lincoln an Wll-
IIin Sewnrd. The great secretary , on re
ceiving a teller announcing these facts , took
It to Lincoln , who Indorsed upon It : "Tho
old man grows stronger as he grows older.
Be It so with the nation. "
SHOTS , .111:1,111) .
New York Advertiser : Lord Dunraven'i
precipitate return to England Is not strango.
Ho was again "crowded" this tlmo to the
wall.
Chicago Tribune : Lord Dunravon will
have plenty of time while on the ocean to
formulate the npolcgy and retraction which
as a gentleman he probably will not cable
to America when ho reaches home.
Philadelphia Press : Lord Dunraven Is left
In a pitiable position by the co-llapso of hs |
charges .against the owners nnd crew of De
fender. His charge made the gravest asper
sion that could bo brought against men ot
honor , and any man making such a charge on * B
insufficient evidence puts himself outside the
companionship of honorable men , and In this
position Lord Dunraven uecms , likely to bo
loft.
Indianapolis Journal : A London paper fears
that Lord Dunraven's performance will cause
a more bitter feeling between the people of
the two countries than Iho president's Vene
zuelan messago. As usual , the London paper
Is mistaken ; as a matter of fact , millions of
the best people In this country care nothing
about the International yacht rnce , nnd many
thousands would mistake a yacht for a now
fancied windmill.
Detroit Free Press : Lord Dunrnven has
torn hlmsslf away from us already , without
waiting for the round of social festivities In
which ho would doubtless have been the
guest of honor if ho had consented to stay.
Whatever may have been lacking In our
welcome to the coining , thcro Is no doubt of
the national readiness to speed the parting
guest. This Is u case In which wo can all
agree that "parting Is such sweet sorrow. "
Chicago Times-Herald : Dnnraven seems
to have established beyond contravention the
fact that his charges were the frothlngs of
Jealousy and meanness. The trial may result
In the extinction of International
yacht racing , but the people of this
country are practically unanimous In
the opinion that If every contest Is
to Involve suspicions of good faith of Ameri
cans and a reawakening of 'the nastlncES of
English sporting papers , It would bo bettor
that the America's cup should be melted
down than that the races should be con
tinued.
A MATTISK OF .TI2ST.
Chicago Record : "Why do they call him
a featherweight ? "
"He uses a quill pen. "
Harlem Life : Hev. Mr. Douwell My pool
follow ! Why do you dilnk ? Walker It's the
only way I can relieve mo thirst , boss.
Atchlson Globe : When men are not re
gretting that llfo Is go short they lire doing
Eomothlng lo kill time.
Somervlllo Journal : Before starting In tc
elevale Iho stage , It Is not necessary foi
nn actress to take off more than her out
door wraps.
Boston Trnnpcrlpt : Harry What girl wni
that you hml In tow lust evening ?
Willie ( Indignantly ) What you arc pleased
to call tow Is usually hpokcn of by people
of culture ns blonde trusses.
Chicago Tribune : "I don't sco how I'm
over ID get out of this t-crupe ! " sighed the
barnacle , when they dry-docked the ship.
Cincinnati Enquirer : "Well , poor od !
Myzer had to glvo up the ghost nt last. "
"So I heard. I list It Is the lliHt thing he
ever gave up without gelling paid. "
Detroit Free I'rcra ; Skldmoro Yon cnn
dlHtlngulHli good money from bad by Us
COM versa tlomil inmlltlcH.-
Snooper \Vhnl do you mcnn ? ,
Skldmoro Genuine money talks , but coun
terfeit nolcH huvo to bo uttered.
Judge : Chlmmy Who got do mo1 Chrls'-
irms presents you or yor liruddcr ?
Patsy ( doh'fully ) Mo lirudder.
Chlmmy How hem dnt ? You're do oldcs * .
I'atsy ( more dolefully ) I knows It ; but ho
got up first.
Chlcniro Trlbunn : "I may not be able
to miiko my children bnhnvo nn they
should , " s.'ilcl tbo horoly-lrlcd mother of the
lurgo family , "but I am going to do my
prottlest ! "
And rlio laid the young dude of the house ,
hold ncrn.sH her knee and did him with a
slipper , good nnd hard ,
Plttsburg Chronicle : "Thero IH nothing
llko our House of Lords , " Umstcd Iho Eng
lishman.
"Still you cnn't tmy Unit It Is without o
peer , " replied tlio American , -
BE GENTLIJ WITH IT.
Atlanta Convtllullon. r" '
The New Yeur resolution comes ;
lint greet U not with fcong ,
Ami very softly beat the drums ,
For It won't otuy very long.
11 won't stay very long , '
It won't Htay very long ;
Its llf Is brief-
It comee to grief
'Twlxt morn und even song.
Tin : nocTiiiNis OK MO.VJIOH.
Olilragu I'Dsl.
He was a very famous man ;
His mime WUM JamcH Monroe ;
Hn hud u finer doclrinn than
We e'er n train xhall know ,
He wrote It out with greatest care
So ho who'd run might rnud ;
He told nil nalloiiH to Ixtwuro
And give his wordu good heed.
And we hnvo rrad and read It o'er ,
And read U o'er ugnln ,
And now we're told to read uotne moro
By half a dozen men ,
It mcaiiH , wu'ru told , n dozen things :
I''H wise and It'll
It calls for praltu and bitter "flings ; "
On cv'ry tunguo H'H heard ,
It' new nnd yet It's very old ;
It HlnndH for witr nnd peace :
It's good nnd bad , we're ua fold ,
Of woo will bring euroeuHe ,
It IH n part of natlonu * law ,
And likewise H lu not ;
It's llawlera , but It hu n Daw ;
It'H IOtlCEH With a spot.
H'H evident , nt any rate ,
It ineann a bitter Unlit ,
With pen nnd Ink und words of weight
Exchanged by men of mluht :
And UB their crlex more loudly rlny , ,
Oh , grunt that wo may know
Tliu meaning ot that puzzling thing ;
The doctrine- ilonro * .
